OpenAI API exposes Whisper through model ID whisper-1. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.
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Quick Start
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Code Examples
Install
pip install openaiAPI key
OPENAI_API_KEYModel ID
whisper-1Use the model slug directly, e.g. "gpt-4o" or "gpt-4.1-mini".
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI() # reads OPENAI_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="whisper-1",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Pricing on OpenAI API
| Type | Rate |
|---|---|
| Audio minute | $0.006/min |
Capabilities
MultimodalAudio
About Whisper
Whisper 1 is OpenAI's general-purpose speech recognition API model, based on Whisper large-v2, released March 2023. Supports multilingual transcription across 50+ languages, speech translation into English, and language identification. Priced at $0.006/min of audio (flat per-minute rate). Exposed via /v1/audio/transcriptions and /v1/audio/translations. For new applications, gpt-4o-transcribe offers better accuracy. API ID: whisper-1.
Model Specs
Released2023-03-01
ArchitectureAudio / Speech